An international conference organized by Doshisha University in Kyoto will occur between November 14 and 15 via the ZOOM app. With a lecture »STEAM education in the case of engineering (Empowerment, Informatics, Tsukuba University, Japan) and the art studies (Interface Cultures - University of Arts and Design Linz, Austria and DDTlab Trbovlje, Slovenia)« the head of DDTlab, dr. Maša Jazbec will also attend the conference.

This year's conference theme, which would otherwise be held live if there was no pandemic, is »The Importance of Interdisciplinary Aspects of University Programs: Facing the Challenge of Global Competencies for both STEM and SSHM. «

The purpose of the international conference is to create a foundation for clarifying interdisciplinary education's role in overcoming the vertical division of academic disciplines and restoring the "integrated nature" of scholarship. This study seeks to understand how the humanities, social sciences, and arts can be used to enhance STEM education. Furthermore, how this STEAM approach to education is key to enabling the vision for Society 5.0.

Participants: Deane Neubauer(USA), Masa Jazbec(Slovenia), Aki Yamada(Japan), Takeshi Ozu (Japan), Gregory Poole (Japan), Song Hasuk (Korea), Masaaki Ogasawara(Japan), Weiqing Meng(China), William, R. Stevenson(Japan), Reiko Yamada (Japan), Takuya Kimura(Japan), Jason Cheng-Cheng Yang (Taiwan), W. James Jacob (USA).

The link to the event and Maša's lecture will be published the day before the event.

Organization: The Center for Higher Education and Student Research at Doshisha University
Co-organization: the Faculty of Social Studies of Doshisha University
Contact: Reiko Yamada, ryamada@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

This conference is supported by the JSPS kaken project 17H01986 and this conference gets Nominal Support by Japanese Association of Higher Education Research and Japan Association for College and University Education.